Bug#514327: RFP: openfoam -- OpenFOAM-1.5 debian package
Thank's for this information. On which upstream release relies FreeFoam?
Do you also apply all patches from the 1.5.X git from OpenCFD?
In general, I would say, that the build system from FreeFoam with cmake
should be better than wmake. It sounds really impressive what you are
doing or have done in the past. But to really get benefit from your
work, you had to persuade OpenCFD Ltd. and Wikki Ltd. that FreeFoam with
cmake is the better build environment than wmake. I think Michael has
done such attempt already in the past
(http://openfoam.cfd-online.com/forum/messages/1/10610.html?1232610557).
Otherwise all your work is valueless or has to be done twice, if a new
upstream release is published. Or is the conversion from standard
OpenFOAM to FreeFoam 100% automatic?
My personal minimal setup on OpenFOAM environment variables are:
export
PATH=/usr/lib/OpenFOAM-1.5/bin:/usr/lib/OpenFOAM-1.5/applications/bin:${PATH}
export
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/OpenFOAM-1.5/lib/openmpi:/usr/lib/OpenFOAM-1.5/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
export WM_PROJECT_INST_DIR=
export WM_PROJECT_DIR=/usr/lib/OpenFOAM-1.5
The first two are ok, but I don't know why OpenFOAM needs the last two.
If they are not set, I got an segmentation fault. Furthermore you should
install all header files into /usr/include/FreeFoam. So that the user
can link against the {Free,Open}Foam libraries and build his own
Top-Level solver, utility or additional library.
> In case you did not see the message I also sent to
> 514328@bugs.debian.org and you might be interested. We hope to issue
> next week.
>
> There is a 'fork' of OpenFoam: FreeFoam
> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefoam/), done by Michael Wild and
> me. The changes are in the building (using CMake), installation using
> LSB: (/usr/lib/FreeFoam/*, /usr/bin/* , /etc/FreeFoam), and usage (no
> ENVIRONMENTAL settings needed. It seems to work fine, but we are still
> testing it. I already have had a look at Paraview and cdbs technology
> (which is new to me) how I might be able to deb FreeFoam.
> The files have not yet been uploaded to sf.net or at the
> repo.or.cz git repository.
>
> Michael asked me to wait with publishing the software (he holds the sf
> account) It has been 1 month I had the last contact with Michael and he
> did not respond last week. I will try again and eventually issue
> FreeFoam on the git repository.
>
> Gerber
>
>
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